Social mobility in the legal sector: some hard evidence

A great paper which lays bare the scale of the challenge in the legal sector, but as evidenced by the quote below, also shows the huge opportunity there for those who look to address it.

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Those from lower socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to be the highest performers in their firms, compared to their more advantaged peers. Amongst state school trainees, for example, 14% receive the highest review ratings compared to 8% of independently schooled trainees; similarly 14% of first generation university trainees receive high performance review ratings compared to 10% of their non-first generation university peers.